WILLIAMS v. BOUFFARD

Filing 20

ORDER AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE adopting Report and Recommended Decision re 18 Report and Recommendations. No Certificate of Appealability should issue because there is no substantial issue that could be presented on appeal. See Fed.R.App.P.22 and Rule 11 of the Rules Governing Proceedings Under 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 or Section 2255. See also First Circuit Local Rule 22.0.; By JUDGE NANCY TORRESEN. (dfr)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
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ROBERT W. WILLIAMS
Petitioner,
v.
RODNEY BOUFFARD
Respondent.

Civil no. 1:13-CV-00112-NT

ORDER AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDED
DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
No objection having been filed to the Magistrate Judge’s Recommended
Decision filed September 11, 2013, the Recommended Decision is accepted.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the Defendant’s 28 U.S.C. §
2254 Petition (ECF No. 1) be and hereby is DISMISSED with prejudice. It is
further ORDERED that the Petitioner’s motion to stay is hereby DENIED. It
is further ORDERED that no certificate of appealability should issue in the
event the Petitioner files a notice of appeal because there is no substantial
showing of the denial of a constitutional right within the meaning of 28
U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2).
SO ORDERED.
/s/ Nancy Torresen
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this 15th of October, 2013.